When to Call and not to call to a Gobbler during a TURKEY HUNT
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- There's sometimes when you need to call working a gobbler and get agressive and sometimes when you need to not call at all. calling at the wrong time can mess up a hunt and not calling enough can also turn your hunt into a non successful day.
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I like the fact we are being taught how. Many are showing doing, but not why or why not. Then turn to a huge sale pitch. I understand there is a need. Things cost to do. Thanks for not doing infocommercal.
Thanks. That’s what we are about,
“passing the knowledge “
Awesome instructions Matt you are the best Turkey educator period! Who else has killed turkeys because of Matt Dale’s teaching ? Let’s give Matt a thumbs up and show support !👇
Mr. Dale, I’ve been hunting turkey for 40+ years. I’ve made many, many mistakes when working a turkey. Experience is a great teacher but it sure is frustrating in the moment. You are doing a great service to not only inexperienced turkey hunters but also us old timers. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. 👍
50 years here and your right. back in our days we had to learn so much trial and error. I started 1972 in Ozark mt. today i live surrounded by public timber and do most of my hunting where i live. i t has meant so much to me to have this sport aint nothing like turkeyeys
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Absolutely! I’ve never had more fun than working a gobbler in the spring woods. I’ve enjoyed many hunts when I walked out of the woods empty handed. It’s not harvesting a turtle that’s the real reward. It’s spending time in the woods trying to trick them into shooting distance. Even if you don’t get one to take home, it’s still the best time I’ve spent in the woods.
Happy to see a new video. I had a turkey hang up on the other side of a stone wall . He was on private land and I was on public I could have grabbed him . He never crossed over and lived to strut again .Can't wait for turkey season to open in New Hampshire. Good luck this year.
I'm a well seasoned turkey hunter/guide for over 30 years & that was very good advice.
Really enjoy your videos Matt.. I have been turkey hunting for 31 years.. I’m an addict and can’t wait for season to open every year.. I often learn something new watching your videos.
What a great intro lol i love the music. Like an old school hunting show from the 80s
Good eye there! That’s what I was going for. I miss them old videos so I’m trying to bring the flavor back a little
Just started practicing on an old Lynch Box I found in an elderly widow basement while helping her with her plumbing. Her husband was a Turkey hunter and wanted me to have it. She said he had bagged many turkeys over the year’s with that box call. I’m listening to videos on how to hunt and subscribed to your channel in hopes of learning how to call. Thanks for your videos.
I just want to say thanks for the information. I would of never got the gobbler that i shot with a bow today. Came from 180 yards in to getting a 10 yard shot. Thanks so much!!
Dale you're working me up like teen boy on a 3rd date in a movie theater. Season still 2 months away.
I like a loud gather call to get them close. A purr works close up most of the time. But when they get hung up on a hot hen? Use a whine.
Awesome video,I love that you push hard to get the bird to come to you by any means necessary 💪
Another great video; another great example of why you are my #1 turkey killin resource. Thank you Dale!
You’re the best Dale, always love the videos, that sweet lookin slate call sold out quick, Hopefully I’m quick enough to get one next time their in stock !!
Just keep looking they will be back in stock ASAP
I just ordered one. They are back in stock
Thank you for all the content! We still got snow on the ground up in Maine but I’m getting excited
I tell you what, I had 4 Hens, And 1 Tom On my property today as I was coming in. It was amazing seeing those turkeys. I would love to get a turkey this year. I've never hunted them. But i'm a bow hunter. I'm going to spread some seed and corn Just to see if they come back, Maybe I can get some good pictures
Just got back from my first turkey hunt, and already I see what I was doing wrong in this video, 2 first time amateurs out together, we had eyes on birds, one morning a good 6 different gobblers all around us, just over calling and stuck in bushes with no sight lines to see anything. Needless to say, turkey wins this hunt, I get to try again on May 6th
Any luck today?? It was my first turkey hunt this week also, similar scenario but i rushed it and the Tom busted me.
Y’all get one?
Thank you for another awesome video!
wish i would of seen this video earlier today. my son an i just had a tom that hung up on us . he came out in a field we cant hunt. we herd him answer my purrs an clucks. but couldnt see him. we can hunt the woods on one side of the field. finally got him heading our way. i got impatient thought he had turned to leave. so i soft called some purrs an scratched the leaves. well he hit and was back out on the top of the hill looking. leason learned . if i hadnt called once he was heading to us he would of walked right in. patience. well only 3 days left to get him. thanks for the videos. very helpful
You, God , the Turkey no one else.... Love those words! thats what its all about, being out there trying
That’s good stuff right there Matt ! I been Turkey huntn a long time and one things for sure you never quit learning! One thing I have used through my years is a gobble call. When everything else fails as you talked about in this video I always try it. I have had some awesome hunts because of it but it has been the end of many as well 😂
Well done.
Dale thanks for The🦃 tips I’ve learned a lot and applied what you teach ..and yes some of the stuff you said I’ve been through it thanks
Always great advice.
Great examples and advice!!
You've helped me sharpen my turkey hunting arsenal, I've only been hunting turkeys about 7 years and I've learned alot, and had great success. Thanks for your videos sir. Looking forward to the next one! 🤙🏼
Thanks for your wisdom
Did this last year and got a turkey to come from someone else's property the tom was about 500 yards away gobbling. I located him down in a bottom field he came up a hill through trees and crossed a fence right into range.
If you want to be a better hunter don’t watch the big dawg , watch this man , he knows his shit !
straight pro on that mouth call
Awesome info thanks for the info you definitely know what you are
Doing keep up the good work
Great advice
Last year was the first year I turkey hunted and I had a big Tom come in to about 70 yards however all I had was a 20 gauge with a modified choke so I couldn’t shoot him ,I saw him working to my decoys and I got excited and started calling to him and he strutted and got hung up out of range from me and he eventually walked away from me
Man I've called em 500-600 yards, have em fly plumb across a holler to get to me here in TN
Aswome hunt Beautiful Bird guys
In regard to the last part where one would “throw the kitchen sink” once that turkey crosses the barrier and starts coming to you, is that when you would stop calling, Dale? Or would you continue calling the turkey in until you make the shot? Thanks & great video!!!
Great video
I had an Eastern wait 55 minutes before coming in. - He was on the roost gobbling, I was 125 yards away, he flew down & began mating hen after hen. After about 2 hours he walked off toward the North. - That was my chance to get into position. I tip-toed up a hollow using the steep bank on each side for cover.
When I got to where he was gobbling & mating hens I saw an old dead tree. I scratched a place, being easy, trying to sound like a turkey. Once in a sitting position I hit a loud cut on a double reeve. He answered within seconds approx. 300 yards to the North. I put the callers away & just waited.
He never gobbled again until he was right where he flew down, 30 yards in front of me..... BOOM! ~ Led in the head, gobbler took a ride in my truck. 24-lbs. 12" beard, & 1-1/4" spurs. ... I got in his safe place & made a believer out of him, he came back but sure took his time.
On another hunt I had to sit motionless for 2-hours while the gobbler stood looking toward me the whole time until he broke & came another 20 yards before I got him... you gotta love it!
Great stuff!
I had two hens and three Toms across a property line in 2017 hunting in Minnesota. I did everything I could to agitate the the hens and after 40 minutes they came looking for me and the Toms followed ! I killed a gobbler with 5 beards totaling over 26 inches and the bird scored 90.25. Not a high score by national standards, but it is for Minnesota.
Most gobblers just run in unless they are pressured birds. The biggest longbeards I killed were hot on any Mid April yelp and then purrs
I have a friend who was getting ready to call it a day when a tom called. But after a few calls the tom quit so my friend packed up and headed out. The tom called again and my buddy answered. From a different spot. The tom came in fast and got shot. Pretty sure it was the move that triggered his interest.
Thanks for the great video. Now I know why I did not get a bird yesterday. I am new to turkey hunting. Where do I find a link to your turkey calls.
Hey Dale awesome video and thanks for sharing it!!! What mouth call are you running in this video? Thanks!!!
Thanks for the info
How often you use decoy?
Great info! I'm turkey hunting for the first time in 6 years by myself I've killed 9 gobblers in the past first with my bow double bearded 7 inch gobbler. Western KY I'm going to do some public hunting land this year and April 2-3 I'm taking my nephew on his first hunt. Have any advice for us?
Watch this video like 6 times and today and I still hung up a gobbler in a field because I over called and ruined my entire hunt.
Can u make a video giving your thoughts on the flextone funky chicken Jake decoy?
what about decoys? when his coming in?
yeah i am scared i am going to overcall or make a sound the bird doesnt like and wont come in
About blind calling if i don't see or hear gobbles? Should you be aggressive to get a response or get a quiet Tom to come your direction esp if i have a couple decoys, jake & hen? Thx
Yes sir I once called an old gobbler over two fence and a public road calling too much jus the way u wer. Lol And I killed em at 8 steps if that . Almost at the barrel
Lets go
The trouble I had was a large gobbler came in running and attacked my decoys making it hard to get a shot with my crossbow. I shot last year and missed. Any advice? The situation also had two other gobblers attacking at the same time.
You don't have to use a call in my backyard. 11 big wild turkeys come by everyday 😅
Interested in the scope that I see on your shotgun would you by chance tell me what scope is on your gun
i hunt around maryville
Last season I called in a 2 year old gobbler . Before season i watched that bird interact with other Jake's and Tom's... when the Tom's or Jake's got a little ways away from the hens hed try to sneak in and breed a hen . So on the opener I was pretty sure I'd call him in bc he was by himself and I did he cone in I have a lay down hen and a strutter decoy out . I used them bc I was huntibg a cut bean field didnt have woods to hunt . So he came in and looked up at 70 yards I was hitting him with a few calls here and there when I could tell he was losing interest . He skirted me to the left staying at 70 then came back to the right at 70 . He was waiting for the decoys to separate so he could sneak in of course it didnt happen and he tucked his wings and was going to leave so I hit him with the sink every time I called loud hed Gobble like hell he liked it loud ... for 7 minutes I called non stop literally I thought I was going to start a fire with that striker... I was using my slate bc he liked it . 7 mins straight I hammered that call hed gobble and take a step my way ... gobble take a step ... I inched him in from 70 to my max range of 50 and dusted him . But I'm not kidding i burnt that call up i was non stop calling literally bc every time i stopped he lost interest and was going to walk away . This was an instinctive reaction he just couldnt help it . Smoked him and then smoked a cigar! 😉🦃
I shot a Turkey at 100 yards once with a 243 rifle, more luck than good management 😁
Oh shot hus head off. It was conscious shot.
Tip: here's how you can call up a turkey gobbler in any situation at any time. You ready? ... Ok here we go: you can ... call em up with a ... poooop- top. A poptop . U know like on a Coke can. Works every time. It's all in how U fashion it. How you bend it. Ok now it's only one call; just one. And I will tell U it works. And I can tell U how. Just ask is all you have to do. Anybody can do it; just ask! Ok
Where you located dale?
Virginia
@@daleoutdoors17 awesome! I’m in Bedford county mainly
I have called many of birds from 500 to 600 yards away had thim fly across creeks and fly from creek bottoms to top of hills and talk all the way in the Jack's are easy to call in but the big boys will come but there a lot slower to come in I've had thim hang up in the edge of open fields and want move that's win I get the tail feathers hook to a 3 foot stick and show thim to the old Tom that gets him made and he comes running as hard as he can and want stop till he's 15 foot away so give thim tale feathers a go when they hang up on you and I found Jake tale feathers to be the best just stick thim up and turn thim left to right and watch what he does when he sees thim tale feathers be ready cause he comes at a dead run
My dude. I have so many wild toms and hens around my house I got startled by Tom calls this AM
Intro is 1 minute long. 😢
Great knowledge shared as always Matt, I try to take in every bit of information you give when you upload something new. I just ordered the old sly mouth call can’t wait to try it out here in about a month for youth season. Gonna try getting the little guy on his first gobbler!
Good luck
I am a novice. I called in a jake for my 13 year old daughter today after watching your video. I was quiet at the right time and she smoked this bird at 30 yards. An epic experience for us. Thanks for the tips!
This guy reminds me of Roger Raglin the way he tells a story 😂
Kill my first gobbler the second week of Ky spring season last year 1.25in spurs 11in beard and it was the most satisfying hunt I've ever been on bc of all the failed attempts b4 watching your videos would have me so dang frustrated at times that I'd wanna be like blank turkey hunting🤣🤣 till i found and watched your videos they are very educational and informative thank you Dale Outdoors for my success on my first gobbler and i will continue to watch them thank you again
50 years ive hunted turkeys and your spot on when u talk turkey hunting.
This is one of your best because you went slow while you taught. Most of the time you crack me up on how how passionate and fast you talk trying to pass all your knowledge to us.
I called a turkey so much he got a restraining order on me! "Allegedly" I was sexually harassing him and stalking him with a gun.. Now I can't come within a 100 feet of him and can't call or have anyone else call him for me or I'm going to go to jail. I was just trying to contact him to offer his vehicle an extended warranty.
Hahaha! 😂
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Good tips Matt. Best piece of advice I’ve learned from you is when you want to get up and move, wait 30 more minutes. This has worked for me the last 3 years. We all have that voice in our heads to get up and move if we aren’t seeing anything. Just wait another half hour. Turkey’s aren’t always vocal, and new hunters may get impatient. Just have the discipline to sit 30 more minutes. You will be amazed at your success.
Had that happen this morning. I was ready to go after a Tom passed out of range. Then 25 mins later then two giant Tom’s walked out. Still missed with my bow but 🤷🏻♂️
My question is but if I haven’t heard anything why am I sitting? Like did I just pick a random spot I thought was good and then start calling to hope to draw one In? (I’m new lol)
@@ryanjones3043If you located a bird or birds, set a plan to sit and call them in. Even if you only heard one gobble, it does not mean he’s not there and working your way. If you cant locate one by shock calling or hen calling, look for turkey sign and post up. Matt put out a really good video the other day going over this scenario. Good luck this year mate!
Having 35 years of turkey hunting experience under my belt and twice that amount of beards on the wall, I'm always curious and a little suspicious of "turkey hunting videos." Sincerely, this was the best video I've ever seen on the subject and absolutely spot on. Great job and presentation of content! It's not much, but I subscribed. Glad that there are guys like you out there putting out high quality content that the average person can use and benefit from. Thank you.
Learned the hard way just as you described. Three nice Toms strutting in place 130 yards away across cut corn field. Calling and calling trying to get them off a hen that one gobbler mounted. I didn't have decoys with me that day. Yesterday talked with those three again and when they came running I shut it down until they turned their backs at 55 yards upon seeing decoys but no sound. Hit them with a mouth call and they immediately turned back towards my decoys. Dropped the biggest one (I think) at 42 yards. Need to perfect my calling but can't complain getting my first turkey my first year turkey hunting
My girlfriend wants to use her phone. By RUclips videos to call turkeys. I told her we can't do that in the North Carolina can't use electronic calling. She needs to learn how to use her turkey slate call.
Hello Dale, I need to thank you. All your videos are by far the most accurate depiction of turkey behavior. I was able to use your techniques regarding when to call and not to call. In my first ever hunting trip/session I managed to get two birds! Thank you!
Kinda like waterfowl. If they're already coming I won't call much if at all.
I've learned a lot for you and these videos got my first 🦃 last year after about 20 mess ups hopefully I can get me and my son a double this year
How's your spring going? Did you manage to get that double?
Either way, keep at it friend.
@@wtfserpico we did opening morning my son got his first bird and we got our first double together and made a memory that's going to last our life time
I had a hung up Tom's with hens last year. We got within ear shot we could hear the hens he was with. I soft called. He would gobble and his hens would call. When the hens started calling. I would cut them off. I ignored the tom. I would do what you did. The most hateful annoying hen in the woods. Not only did I call his hens in and him. I called in another flock of hens off the hillside behind us. We had birds all around us it was crazy. When the two groups of hens found each other I guess they found that annoying hen cause they all shut up. We had 20 plus birds within 30 yards. We never could get a good ethical shot on the Tom. But still amazing hunt
Thanks Matt.. I have killed many turkeys in southern Ohio, Vinton and Hocking counties.. your videos teach me things I may have overlooked over the years and keep me in the seat longer! I send your videos to my son and really enjoy your knowledge and keeps me fired up. Thanks and good luck for 2023!! 🦃
Great video Matt. Been watching you for several years. I have tried aggressive calls on a few hung up gobblers before. Every so often I can get them to come in. Not often, but sometimes. What also has happened to me is on occasion I end up calling in a completely different Turkey I never knew was there, that never called at all. Last time it happened was a couple of years ago a mature Tom I was calling to had hens and wasn’t leaving them. Got aggressive and after a few back and forth conversations, I hear a different bird spitting and drumming directly behind me. Ended harvesting that bird. That is why Turkey hunting is so fun and challenging. Thanks for the content, keep it coming. Good luck this season.
Great video Dale!! Thanks for the information. I’m definitely still learning how to turkey hunt. Got my first gobbler in 2019 and boy have I made mistakes!!
Yesterday I took a young hunter hunting and we got into this field and struck up some birds on the neighboring property, it is late season here is TN and normally I would soft call , but this time I did a lot of cutting added with long sequences of yelps and it wasn’t long 2 Tom’s came under the fence and came right in our laps and the hunter was able to harvest his first bird!
What’s your hunt to harvest ratio? I’m trying to define what an expert turkey hunter is.
We need to get more of the kids to hunt instead of playing on the phone all day.
This is the truth you get them videos where dudes be yelling with calls non stop big tom gobbles and goes wild nah real life those turkey are silent as can be and them toms do not gobble and will spot you long before you knew he was there turkeys can be so deadly at sneaking in its crazy
I hunt a river and I’ve had em where I “throw the kitchen sink at em” but then they come flying over and shut up and never seen em again. I’m sure it’ll happen again so when they don’t come right over then what do you do
If you come in at sunrise a little too late and the birds are fired up in the tree and you accidentally push them off and they fly about 150 yards to another tree what do you do ?
''I taught it was a cow''
Who are those guys who are afraid to call? Ha. I have discovered that less is more
How long does it take to transform your body from fat to fit?
Thanks for your advice. I listened to a video about how a hen will go to the Tom. I did that Tuesday morning I moved 3 times. He answered hen box call but also I did the Tom call on the box sitting at a creek but he was across and would go crazy off my gobble call. Never saw him but I had another Tom come in behind me up on a ridge. I saw him at 75 yards but could not get a shot. I was going there to start on the ridge but made a bad choice. I’m learning but was blessed to hear a total of 3 birds. I’ll try again. Hopefully I will get my first Tom tomorrow on Friday. I’ve been messed up with sinus trouble last couple days. Feeling better now. Thanks for your sharing the videos. God bless.
I blew one last week where I called and shouldnt have.
I think I need to call and then shut up
I've sealed the deal a few times with a half dozen oddly spaced out feeding putts and leaf scratching. Pretty much anything after the morning gravel pick.
I FINALLY sealed the deal on a little young bird with my crossbow yesterday. Wanted to thank you ,these videos had a HUGE part in my success and I cant tell you how much i appreciate it.
I literally blew it with 20...25? Birds over the last several years , for every reason you can think of. Sticking one yesterday, rates up with what i feel is one of my greatest sporting accomplishments. Thank you.
Dale hey
Thank you so much for this video. I’m really glad you talked about how to call when a turkey is on the other side of a fence on a neighbor’s property. Everything I’ve been told and read has said to stop calling once a gobbler is approaching, and I’ve had 3 situations in the last couple days where gobblers have hung up on the other side of a fence and I stayed quiet hoping they’d come over, and only tried calling again once they started to leave. I’ll try calling more aggressively next time. Thanks again
Im a young hunter at the age of 23. Been turkey huntin since about 6 years old. The biggest turkey i killed had 36 inches of beard (4 beards) and NO spurs. He just had knubs.
Didnt have him mounted bc i didnt realize at the time what i just killed. Still regret it to this day. I hunt down in south Louisiana.
I’ve never killed a turkey and I’m 65 now. Just started cause I hear it’s fun. Problem I have is I get a turkey 50 to 60 yds and that’s as close as he will come. Can’t see him but he’s gobbling. I guess I’m over calling or can’t call at all. Ha . Maybe one day